Police officers are becoming ‘increasingly concerned’ for the welfare of Stevenage man who went missing yesterday.

Justin Peterson was last seen near his home yesterday morning and could be in the Hertford area.

The 44-year-old is described as being around 5ft 11in in height and has dark coloured hair. He was last seen wearing a distinctive light cream coloured top with bold stripes, dark coloured jeans and was carrying a blue bag over his shoulder.

Justin has lost some weight since this picture was taken, but should be recognisable.

A police spokesman said: “Local officers are becoming increasingly concerned for Justin’s welfare as his disappearance is highly out of character.”

Anyone who sees Justin, or knows of his whereabouts, is asked to contact police on the non-emergency number 101.